I will work on myself, since the work on myself is going to be the highest thing I can do for it all, since I understand that as man up-levels his own consciousness, he sees more creative solutions to the problems that he's confronting.

A Tibetan Lama said to me, "The best place to stand, Ram Dass, is halfway between hope and hopelessness." So I can write a scenario for the 21st century in either direction. One is that it all goes to hell and that it's truly the dark age.

Our whole spiritual transformation brings us to the point where we realize that in our own being, we are enough.

When humans come together with a true spirit of dealing with the mystery collaboratively, it's incredibly beautiful.

There are wars and poverty and so on - it's based on fear. You can cure that with your being by not being afraid.

Witness your thoughts. Your thoughts are attachments.

As you look at many people's lives, you see that their suffering is in a way gratifying, for they are comfortable in it. They make their lives a living hell, but a familiar one.